Sept. 24-26: DC Mobilization to End the War on Iraq!

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Hold Bush & Congress Accountable for the Deaths, the Destruction,
the Lies, and the Toll on Our Communities
SEPTEMBER 24-26, 2005



END THE WAR ON IRAQ - BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW!
Leave no bases behind - End the corporate occupation of Iraq
Stop bankrupting our communities - No military recruitment in our schools

Sat., 9/24 - Massive March, Rally & Festival
Sun., 9/25 - Interfaith Service, Grassroots Training
Mon., 9/26 - Lobby Day, Mass Nonviolent Direct Action and Civil Disobedience


More than two years after the illegal and immoral U.S. invasion of Iraq,
the nightmare continues. More than 1600 U.S. soldiers have died, at least
another 15,000 have been wounded; even the most conservative estimates of
Iraqi deaths number in the tens of thousands. Iraq, a once sovereign
nation, now lies in ruins under the military and corporate occupation of
the United States; U.S. promises to rebuild have not been kept and Iraqis
still lack food, water, electricity, and other basic needs.

A majority of Americans believe that this war never should have happened,
but our elected representatives in Washington continue to rubber-stamp the
Bush Administration's disastrous Iraq policies. They have given military
recruiters nearly unrestricted access to our schools -- and the Pentagon
nearly unrestricted access to our tax dollars. At a time when our vital
social programs are eroding or completely decimated, an overwhelming
majority in Congress recently approved Bush's request for an additional $82
billion in war funding, and there's already talk of another $50 billion
appropriation this fall.

It's time to hold all pro-war politicians accountable for the deaths, the
destruction, the lies, and the toll on our communities! Join United for
Peace and Justice in Washington, D.C. for three massive days of action
against the war: a major march, rally, and festival on Saturday, September
24; an interfaith religious service and day of grassroots trainings on
Sunday, September 25; and a large-scale grassroots lobbying day and mass
nonviolent direct action and civil disobedience on Monday, September 26. 

From every corner of this country, people will travel to Washington to
bring our demands directly to the policymakers responsible for this unjust
war. These three days of actions will send a clear message to the White
House and Congress: The Iraq war must end. It's time to bring all the
troops home, leaving no U.S. military bases behind, and to stop the
corporate theft of Iraq's resources. Instead of draining our national
treasury for endless war, we demand that our tax dollars be used to repair
the damage done to Iraq and to fund services in our communities. We call
for an immediate end to our government's assault on immigrants, the
unethical pressures on our young people to join the military, and the
undermining of democracy through relentless attacks on everyone's basic
rights.

Our mobilization will coincide with the meetings of the International
Monetary Fund and World Bank, whose economic policies  place corporate
profits ahead of basic human needs worldwide. We will speak out against the
corporate theft of Iraq's resources and the decimation of the Iraqi economy
through privatization and "free trade."

Join our weekend of action to stop this war, and help prevent any new wars!

Leaflets and more information will be available soon at
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=2854



In the meantime, circulate this announcement far and wide and mark your
calendar for the weekend of September 24-26.



We need your financial support to make this mobilization possible! Please
make the most generous contribution you can today at
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/donate



Thanks, and we'll see you in Washington!

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